,Description
Test.Bank.for.Sensation.and.Perception,.9th.Edition,.E..Bruce.Goldstein,.ISBN-
10:.1133958494,.ISBN-13:.9781133958499
Table.of.Content
1. Introduction.to.Perception.
2. The.Physiological.Beginnings.of.Perception.
3. Neural.Processing.and.Coding.
4. Cortical.Organization.
5. Perceiving.Objects.and.Scenes.
6. Visual.Attention.
7. Taking.Action.
8. Perceiving.Motion.
9. Perceiving.Color.
10. Perceiving.Depth.and.Size.
11. Sound.and.the.Perception.of.Pitch.
12. Auditory.Localization,.the.Auditory.Scene,.and.Music.
13. Speech.Perception.
14. The.Cutaneous.Senses.
15. The.Chemical.Senses.
,Test.Bank—Chapter.1:.Introduction.to.Perception
MULTIPLE.CHOICE
1. “Perceiving.machines”.that.can.negotiate.the.environment.with.humanlike.ease
a. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1960s.
b. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1970s.
c. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1990s.
d. have.yet.to.be.developed.
2. Which.of.the.following.is.an.application.of.perception.research?
a. Developing.speech.recognition c. Devising.robots.that.can.“see.”
systems.
b. Treating.hearing.problems. d. All.of.these.
3. Which.of.the.following.is.a.reason.for.studying.perception?
a. To.become.more.aware.of.your.own.perceptual.experiences.
b. To.provide.information.that.may.help.with.a.future.career.
c. To.apply.perception.to.everyday.problems,.such.as.highway.sign.visibility.
d. All.of.these.
4. The.study.of.perception.can.overlap.with
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer.science. d. all.of.these.
5. Which.of.the.following.is.NOT.a.category.of.the.stages.in.the.perceptual.process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural.Processing d. Behavioral.Responses
6. The.process.of.transforming.energy.in.the.environment.into.electrical.energy.in.the.neurons.is.cal
led
a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.
7. .is.the.step.in.the.perceptual.process.that.is.analogous.to.an.ATM.withdrawal.(pressure
.from.button.press.becomes.electrical.energy.then.becomes.a.mechanical.response.resulting.in.
the.dispensing.of.money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The.specific.term.for.the.“stimulus.on.the.receptors”.in.visual.processing.is.the
a. transduced.image. c. visual.image.
b. environmental.stimulus. d. perception.
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, 9. The.image.projected.on.the.retina.is.best.described.as.a. .of.the.actual.stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental.stimulus. d. scale.model.
10. Which.brain.structure.is.responsible.for.creating.perceptions.and.producing.other.“high”.level.fu
nctions.such.as.language,.memory,.and.thinking?
a. Brain.stem c. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebral.cortex d. Occipital.lobe
11. Visual.form.agnosia.is.a.problem.of.the. .step.of.the.perceptual.process.
a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which.of.the.following.best.describes.the.steps.of.the.perceptual.process?
a. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.the.environmental.stimulus.and.ending.at
perception.
b. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.the.environmental.stimulus.and.ending.at
knowledge.
c. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.transduction.and.ending.at.recognition.
d. The.sequence.of.steps.is.dynamic.and.constantly.changing.
13. If.a.person.sees.the.unambiguous.“rat”.stimulus,.and.then.views.the.ambiguous.“rat-
man”.figure,.the.person.will.most.likely.report.seeing
a. a.rat,.because.of.the.effect.of.knowledge.
b. a.man,.because.we.tend.to.see.things.that.match.our.species.
c. a.rat,.because.of.the.effect.of.action.
d. a.rat.or.a.man.equally.
14. Justin.forgot.to.wear.his.glasses.to.class.so.the.writing.he.sees.on.the.chalk.board.is.blurry..Eve
n.so,.he.is.sure.it.says.“Pop.Quiz!”.because.he.knows.that.there.are.pop.quizzes.in.the.class.an
d.he.can.see.read.the.“P”.and.the.“Q”..What.allows.him.to.read.the.board?
a. Bottom-up.processing c. Top-down.processing
b. Oblique.processing d. Compression
15. . processing.is.based.on.the.stimuli.reaching.the.receptors.
a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
16. Trying.to.read.a.note.written.by.someone.with.poor.handwriting.involves
a. only.top-down.processing.
b. only.bottom-up.processing.
c. both.top-down.and.bottom-up.processing.
d. only.data-based.processing.
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Test.Bank.for.Sensation.and.Perception,.9th.Edition,.E..Bruce.Goldstein,.ISBN-
10:.1133958494,.ISBN-13:.9781133958499
Table.of.Content
1. Introduction.to.Perception.
2. The.Physiological.Beginnings.of.Perception.
3. Neural.Processing.and.Coding.
4. Cortical.Organization.
5. Perceiving.Objects.and.Scenes.
6. Visual.Attention.
7. Taking.Action.
8. Perceiving.Motion.
9. Perceiving.Color.
10. Perceiving.Depth.and.Size.
11. Sound.and.the.Perception.of.Pitch.
12. Auditory.Localization,.the.Auditory.Scene,.and.Music.
13. Speech.Perception.
14. The.Cutaneous.Senses.
15. The.Chemical.Senses.
,Test.Bank—Chapter.1:.Introduction.to.Perception
MULTIPLE.CHOICE
1. “Perceiving.machines”.that.can.negotiate.the.environment.with.humanlike.ease
a. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1960s.
b. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1970s.
c. were.developed.by.computer.scientists.in.the.1990s.
d. have.yet.to.be.developed.
2. Which.of.the.following.is.an.application.of.perception.research?
a. Developing.speech.recognition c. Devising.robots.that.can.“see.”
systems.
b. Treating.hearing.problems. d. All.of.these.
3. Which.of.the.following.is.a.reason.for.studying.perception?
a. To.become.more.aware.of.your.own.perceptual.experiences.
b. To.provide.information.that.may.help.with.a.future.career.
c. To.apply.perception.to.everyday.problems,.such.as.highway.sign.visibility.
d. All.of.these.
4. The.study.of.perception.can.overlap.with
a. medicine. c. philosophy.
b. computer.science. d. all.of.these.
5. Which.of.the.following.is.NOT.a.category.of.the.stages.in.the.perceptual.process?
a. Stimuli c. Serendipity
b. Neural.Processing d. Behavioral.Responses
6. The.process.of.transforming.energy.in.the.environment.into.electrical.energy.in.the.neurons.is.cal
led
a. refraction. c. reduction.
b. transduction. d. construction.
7. .is.the.step.in.the.perceptual.process.that.is.analogous.to.an.ATM.withdrawal.(pressure
.from.button.press.becomes.electrical.energy.then.becomes.a.mechanical.response.resulting.in.
the.dispensing.of.money).
a. Knowledge c. Action
b. Transference d. Transduction
8. The.specific.term.for.the.“stimulus.on.the.receptors”.in.visual.processing.is.the
a. transduced.image. c. visual.image.
b. environmental.stimulus. d. perception.
8
, 9. The.image.projected.on.the.retina.is.best.described.as.a. .of.the.actual.stimulus.
a. representation. c. replication.
b. environmental.stimulus. d. scale.model.
10. Which.brain.structure.is.responsible.for.creating.perceptions.and.producing.other.“high”.level.fu
nctions.such.as.language,.memory,.and.thinking?
a. Brain.stem c. Hypothalamus
b. Cerebral.cortex d. Occipital.lobe
11. Visual.form.agnosia.is.a.problem.of.the. .step.of.the.perceptual.process.
a. action c. transduction
b. attention d. recognition
12. Which.of.the.following.best.describes.the.steps.of.the.perceptual.process?
a. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.the.environmental.stimulus.and.ending.at
perception.
b. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.the.environmental.stimulus.and.ending.at
knowledge.
c. The.steps.are.unidirectional,.starting.at.transduction.and.ending.at.recognition.
d. The.sequence.of.steps.is.dynamic.and.constantly.changing.
13. If.a.person.sees.the.unambiguous.“rat”.stimulus,.and.then.views.the.ambiguous.“rat-
man”.figure,.the.person.will.most.likely.report.seeing
a. a.rat,.because.of.the.effect.of.knowledge.
b. a.man,.because.we.tend.to.see.things.that.match.our.species.
c. a.rat,.because.of.the.effect.of.action.
d. a.rat.or.a.man.equally.
14. Justin.forgot.to.wear.his.glasses.to.class.so.the.writing.he.sees.on.the.chalk.board.is.blurry..Eve
n.so,.he.is.sure.it.says.“Pop.Quiz!”.because.he.knows.that.there.are.pop.quizzes.in.the.class.an
d.he.can.see.read.the.“P”.and.the.“Q”..What.allows.him.to.read.the.board?
a. Bottom-up.processing c. Top-down.processing
b. Oblique.processing d. Compression
15. . processing.is.based.on.the.stimuli.reaching.the.receptors.
a. Bottom-up c. Top-down
b. Oblique d. Receptor
16. Trying.to.read.a.note.written.by.someone.with.poor.handwriting.involves
a. only.top-down.processing.
b. only.bottom-up.processing.
c. both.top-down.and.bottom-up.processing.
d. only.data-based.processing.
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